Hot Water Cylinder News

McDonald Engineers employee, Graham Smyth, has picked up the prestigious Hammerman Award for the impact his engineering expertise has made in launching the company’s STEELflow stainless steel unvented cylinder. Presented by the Incorporation of Hammermen of Glasgow, which was established in the 16th century, the award recognises the work of young engineers who have led projects with outstanding results within their companies.

McDonald Engineers played a key role at the recent Melrose Sevens, by ensuring that all of the teams participating at the historic event, were able to enjoy hot showers by supplying 3no. 900 litre calorifiers for the Melrose Rugby Club. As the oldest rugby sevens tournament in the world, the Melrose Sevens is one of the biggest events on the Rugby calendar, attracting teams from all over the world.

When it comes to creating special moments in time, very few companies can come close to luxury jewellers and royal silversmiths, Hamilton and Inches. So when a company famed for their quality and attention to detail required a bespoke horizontal cylinder, they chose a company that shared their values.
McDonald Engineers were asked to manufacture a horizontal grade 1 cylinder for one of the Hamilton and Inches stores, designed and manufactured to their exact requirements.

McDonald Engineers has manufactured and supplied an 800 litre, electrically heated calorifier for a clean room facility in a major Scottish University. The calorifier featured a 60Kw immersion and was manufactured from copper to the exact requirements of the installation contractor.

McDonald Engineers has demonstrated its expertise when it comes to calorifiers by manufacturing and supplying 2no. 2000 litre cylinders as part of the refurbishment programme of Annan Academy. The company has seen demand for its calorifiers grow in recent years as more and more organisations recognise the extraordinary bacteria killing properties of copper, which minimises the risk of legionella, ecoli and MRSA to name a few.

McDonald Engineers has seen a sharp rise in the demand for its CUBEflow range since launching at the beginning of the year. Following the withdrawal of a competitor’s rectangular hot water tank, McDonald Engineers have stepped in to provide their customers with an ongoing solution.

McDonald Engineers has a long standing reputation, as a manufacturer of hot water storage systems, which have included rectangular hot water tanks, however the company had been manufacturing them as a bespoke item as opposed to offering a standard range.

A hot water cylinder may appear to be a trivial issue when it comes to the overall design of a project, however its performance will have a major impact on the client’s satisfaction, the perception of the architect’s performance and therefore the payment of fees. When it comes to specifying the type of hot water cylinder to be used within a property, it’s generally the installation contractor who is given this responsibility, but what is their priority in the process?

McDonald Engineers UK has demonstrated its flexibility in supplying mild steel buffer tanks with two of their latest orders, which showed the true diversity in sizes with a 1000 litre tank and a 6000 litre tank.

The 6000 litre buffer tank was ordered to replace an existing tank for a school in the highlands whilst, the smaller 1000 litre was for a stately mansion in the Lake District.

McDonald Engineers has shown its credentials in the renewable energy sector with the announcement it has secured the order to manufacture and supply the hot water cylinder for a Scottish Renewable and Innovation Centre. The high tech facility located at one of the UK’s leading renewable energy parks, has been purpose designed to create high quality work space in a low carbon facility and will feature one of McDonald Engineers POWERflow Commercial Heat Pump Cylinders.

McDonald Engineers has launched its new Calorifier Brochure. This details its full manufacturing capability when it comes to Calorifiers. The brochure details types of calorifiers, renewable energy options, horizontal calorifiers and marine calorifiers amongst other useful information. The brochure also features a sizing guide, which shows some of the more standard capacities and associated dimensions however McDonald Engineers are renowned for their manufacturing capabilities when it comes to bespoke cylinders.